Ivanhoe v Crawley Green Nomads  - 10 May 2008

First defeat of the season but not all bad news.  A hot and humid afternoon and maybe the die was cast with Adrian winning his first toss of the season and with the knowledge that Ive’s were not at their strongest having to put Crawley Green into bat. However good opening spells from Mat (1 – 29) and Andy (2 –33)  left Crawley Green on 8 – 2. However 34 fom Cochrane and a late 29 from Hull left  them on 161 all out in 35 overs after good bowling spells Denis (2 –30), and from the younger players, Saj (2 –30 in 8 overs), Roshan (1 – 7 in 4 overs) and Richard (1 – 14 in 3 overs) together with Chris taking his second cacth in 2 weeks and Bob doing a fine impression of Paul Collingwoood to run out Crawley Green’s last man with a diret hit from mid off.

Not much to say about the batting. Mat (26) and Bob (29) were the main contributors with Saj offering a quickfire 15.  That apart and with Richard 0 not out at the end and Roshan also having an opportunity to face a few overs, Ives’s were never really in the hunt and the innings ended on 98 all out.